Poison Frogs - Species - Dendrobates Amazonicus

Discovery
Type locality
Holotype
Etymology
Classification
Synonymy	D. Ventrimaculatus Red
History
Physical description	Looks very much like D.ventrimaculatus size about 16mm, but has a red/orange back instead of the yellow beck of a D. ventrimaculatus. D. amazonicus is for many people not a seperate species but a colour form or morph of the ventrimaculatus, like the different morphs of Tinctorius. DNA tests have shown more similarity between amazonicus and ventrimaculatus as in between different ventricamulatus species. According to R. Schulte amazonicus should be seen as a different species, however there is little support for this theory
Distribution	French-Guyana
Biotope
Care and breeding	See D. ventrimaculatus, at a temperature of 25-28°C.
Foto's	The foto's published here are from myself and are ventrimaculatus red pictures © Marc van Doorn
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